Is ponytail safe to install?

No known risky patterns found. The scan covers prompt injection, hidden Unicode, remote code execution and credential access in every text file of the skill. It cannot judge intent, so read any flagged line in context before installing.

How was this score calculated?

Four checks of 25 points each: spec, efficiency, clarity and security. Findings take points off the check they belong to, and any critical finding caps the grade at F. The same scanner runs in your browser at proskills.dev/scan.

Is this report current?

It was made from commit 6f1c2bf on 2026-10-16. If the skill has changed since, paste the new version into the scanner for a fresh score.

I wrote this skill. Can I fix the score or have the page removed?

Fix the findings and push. The reports are rebuilt from GitHub on a schedule, so the next run picks the change up. To have the page removed, open an issue on the ProSkills GitHub repo.

Scan reports · DietrichGebert/ponytail

ponytail: scan report

Lazy senior dev mode: the smallest change that fully solves the task, and a reply a busy human understands in one read. Use on any coding task (writing, fixing, refactoring, reviewing, choosing dependencies) and when… An automated scan of this public skill from DietrichGebert/ponytail: security, token cost, spec and clarity, with every finding and its fix.

Result

Verdict

ponytail

96/100 · grade A

DietrichGebert/ponytail/skills/ponytail at 6f1c2bf

Spec 21 · Efficiency 25 · Clarity 25 · Security 25 (each out of 25)

Always loaded 94 tokens · on trigger 758 · on demand 0

spec/non-portable-keys warn · SKILL.mdNon-spec frontmatter (argument-hint). claude.ai and the Skills API reject the upload; move them under `metadata` or drop them.

Where it comes from

Source

Fact	Value
Repository	DietrichGebert/ponytail
Skill folder	skills/ponytail
Stars	165,105
License	MIT
Commit scanned	6f1c2bf
Scanned	2026-10-16
Files	1

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Is ponytail safe to install?: No known risky patterns found. The scan covers prompt injection, hidden Unicode, remote code execution and credential access in every text file of the skill. It cannot judge intent, so read any flagged line in context before installing.
How was this score calculated?: Four checks of 25 points each: spec, efficiency, clarity and security. Findings take points off the check they belong to, and any critical finding caps the grade at F. The same scanner runs in your browser at proskills.dev/scan.
Is this report current?: It was made from commit 6f1c2bf on 2026-10-16. If the skill has changed since, paste the new version into the scanner for a fresh score.
I wrote this skill. Can I fix the score or have the page removed?: Fix the findings and push. The reports are rebuilt from GitHub on a schedule, so the next run picks the change up. To have the page removed, open an issue on the ProSkills GitHub repo.

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